The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[Sclark73]

Here's the chicks so far, put another 17 in lockdown today.
Pink=BLRW Blue=SS Green=EE Purple=BYM

 

[Gardeningmama]

This week's to do list for Mrs Oz:

Have coop three cleaned out and re-littered for the 3 week old "kano" chicks coming out of the brooder.
Add 10lb hanging feeders to all coops.
Clean out pipe feeders and fill them all with crushed oyster shells.
On 8"x8" squares of plywood, paint the number for each coop to aid communication.
Build the grow out nipa hut and pen
Have the chainsaw guy mill the new logs as well as have him try and get as many 1x4 boards out of the left overs of the big log.

Set quail, chukar, guinea on Wednesday morning.
Set chicken eggs on Saturday 6pm.

I hope Bernie is going to be helping Mrs.Oz build that grow out pen and hut. I shudder to think of what it would look like if I tried to do that myself!

 

[JennaLynn122]

Here's the chicks so far, put another 17 in lockdown today. Pink=BLRW Blue=SS Green=EE Purple=BYM

what is BYM? I probably know just not recalling but yeah

 

[Quailsong]

Apparently I'm so picky about the photos I share that some people have started bugging me (on my art site) to post some of the ones that didn't make the cut. I didn't want to spam everyone with a dozen pics, so I put them into one big image.

Since they're chick photos, I figured I'd share it here as well. Please enjoy!

 

[tnmommy]

BYM- back yard mix?

 

[tnmommy]

I has a decent hatch with 5 bantam chocolate and mauve Orpingtons despite a power outage. They hatched in the same bator as my BBS and "surprise" mixed Australorps that are due to hatch right before Easter. Fingers crossed that the outage didn't affect the Aussies. They all look great. Only way I could get my hands on BBS Australorps without going on a waiting list was to buy from a mixed flock of mostly Aussies with a few RIR and Black Star hens. My hubby had better get
started on my be chicken runs!

 

[ozexpat]

Well I thought I was having a good morning...looks like you're having an even better morning, lol!

Mine is a funny world. Sunday lasts 43 hours!

Mrs Oz and Cocobeach is 19 hours ahead so I live strange hours as I deal with the goings on over there as well as here.

her day started by heading back from the city to the farm. She got home around 4pm to find the both the lights out in one of out hatchers on day 20 and the temp being 88 degrees in there for about 6 hours.

The new gardener did not think to text her for advice but rather wait til she got home.

Not being a chicken lady, she called me. So at 1 am PST on my Sunday, we worked to save the eggs. They put new lights in and added a brooder light from the outside to boost warm-up time.

The second brooder had no visible pips (its a cabinet style so harder to see in) but I took that as a good sign for the troubled brooder.

At 6 pm, two hours later, pips started in both hatchers.

At 8 pm there were 30+ visible pips several zips and two BCM crossing the finishing line in the race to hatch. It was now 3 am here. I went to bed.

Now I await for the Philippines to wake on their Monday so that I can get a hatch count on my Sunday.

The hatch should be pretty much over on my Sunday at midnight but we will keep the hatchers locked down until 4 pm on my Monday.

Confused? - you should try it daily... LOL

 

[ozexpat]

I hope Bernie is going to be helping Mrs.Oz build that grow out pen and hut. I shudder to think of what it would look like if I tried to do that myself!

Bernie quit as they are returning to their home for his wife to go back to school.

Lots of Dramas at CocoBeach

We are training Dominic. He is picking things up fast.

 

[Sclark73]

what is BYM? I probably know just not recalling but yeah

Barn yard mix. They are BO x Marans actually but mutt egg layers.

 

[ocap]

less than six days to pips